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Hi Jeff, Thanks for the explanation. In order to close this issue in a good spirit, I'm attaching a file, containing the template that will be included in each and every CRX file. Once i finish doing all these modifications, i will send you a new CRX patch for Newlib. Regards, Tomer Levi Software Engineer phone: +49-8141-35-1378 CompactRISC Development Tools fax: +49-8141-35-11-1378 National Semiconductor GmbH mailto:Tomer.Levi@nsc.com Livry-Gargan Str. 10 internet: http://www.national.com 82256 Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany "Jeff Johnston" <jjohnstn@redhat.com> Sent by: newlib-owner@sources.redhat.com 09/30/2004 05:49 PM To: "Tomer Levi" <Tomer.Levi@nsc.com> cc: "Ralf Corsepius" <ralf_corsepius@rtems.org>, "Newlib List" <newlib@sources.redhat.com> Subject: Re: Fw: Applying CRX port to Newlib project Tomer Levi wrote: > Hi Ralf, > > If you look at other architectures, such as iq2000 or i960, you will > notice that all their files doesn't contain a copyright nor licensing. > So, can you explain the status of these ports ? These are written by Cygnus which is now Red Hat. If you look at the end of COPYING.NEWLIB, you will see that: ==================================================================== Unless otherwise stated in each remaining newlib file, the remaining files in the newlib subdirectory default to the following copyright. It should be noted that Red Hat Incorporated now owns copyrights belonging to Cygnus Solutions and Cygnus Support. ..... ==================================================================== Seeing as we didn't write your new files - this clause shouldn't trigger in this case. -- Jeff J. I just thought to adapt > this solution to CRX port. > If this is not acceptable by you, i can add licensing message in the same > format as in > other ports files ("The authors hereby grant permission to use..."). > > If one of these options is preferable, please respond quickly and i will > send a new patch. > Thanks for your guidance. > > Regards, > Tomer Levi > > Software Engineer phone: > +49-8141-35-1378 > CompactRISC Development Tools fax: +49-8141-35-11-1378 > National Semiconductor GmbH mailto:Tomer.Levi@nsc.com > Livry-Gargan Str. 10 internet: > http://www.national.com > 82256 Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany > > > > > > "Ralf Corsepius" <ralf_corsepius@rtems.org> > Sent by: newlib-owner@sources.redhat.com > 09/30/2004 10:14 AM > > To: "Newlib List" <newlib@sources.redhat.com> > cc: > Subject: Re: Applying CRX port to Newlib project > > > On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 11:18, Tomer Levi wrote: > >>Hi Jeff, >> >>Jeff Johnston wrote : > > >>Jeff Johnston wrote : >> >>> 1. You have no licensing in your files, just a copyright. >>> You should talk to your employer to see what is acceptable. >>> Newlib prefers BSD-compatible or freer. GPL or proprietary code > > is > >>> not accepted. > > >>Is it agreeable to remove all 'National Semiconductor Corporation' >>copyright from headers of CRX files, as a solution for this legal issue > > ? > > You seem to be mixing up copyright with license. These are different > things. > > * A copyright notice denotes a party claiming "mental ownership" on > something ("Copyright NSC" means: "We, NSC are the original authors"). > * A license denotes the rights the copyright owner gives away to others. > > Some (many) of your files don't carry license terms, so it is not > obvious and clear, if newlib and newlib's users are legitimated to use > and modify these files. > > Ralf > >
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